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Land·Gap

How much land each council still has to find for new homes

Land gaps in East of England

Councils in East of England with complete brownfield registers need 19,722 new homes a year between them. Their registers cover 57% of 5 years of that.

Councils in East of England, lowest brownfield cover first
CouncilHomes a yearBrownfield coversStill to find
St Albans1,653 8% 7,640
West Suffolk1,185 20% 4,714
Uttlesford818 22% 3,207
North Hertfordshire1,036 25% 3,894
Rochford700 25% 2,616
King's Lynn and West Norfolk993 26% 3,697
Castle Point671 26% 2,485
Fenland602 31% 2,070
Huntingdonshire1,237 33% 4,174
Three Rivers752 34% 2,497
Great Yarmouth548 35% 1,791
Dacorum1,401 38% 4,326
East Suffolk1,658 41% 4,920
Southend-on-Sea1,409 62% 2,667
Basildon1,289 81% 1,212
Welwyn Hatfield821 110% none
Peterborough1,043 137% none
Stevenage494 141% none
Harlow639 176% none
Norwich774 198% none
Babergh790 register incomplete —
Bedford1,251 register incomplete —
Braintree1,132 register incomplete —
Breckland920 register incomplete —
Brentwood715 register incomplete —
Broadland876 register incomplete —
Broxbourne776 register incomplete —
Cambridge1,085 register incomplete —
Central Bedfordshire2,210 register incomplete —
Chelmsford1,448 register incomplete —
Colchester1,276 register incomplete —
East Cambridgeshire687 register incomplete —
East Hertfordshire1,237 register incomplete —
Epping Forest1,244 register incomplete —
Hertsmere975 register incomplete —
Ipswich715 register incomplete —
Luton1,128 register incomplete —
Maldon586 register incomplete —
Mid Suffolk757 register incomplete —
North Norfolk955 register incomplete —
South Cambridgeshire1,205 register incomplete —
South Norfolk940 register incomplete —
Tendring1,069 register incomplete —
Thurrock1,079 register incomplete —
Watford817 register incomplete —